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Sustainable supply chain

Sustainability
stretches beyond our own operations as we have a global manufacturing partner network.
Approximately 70% of our products are produced in Europe and the rest in Asia. A
total of about 70 contract manufacturers make products for us.

Wherever our
products are made, special attention is paid to manufacturing conditions. We
are a member of the international Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)
which aims at promoting the monitoring and developing of working conditions in
global supply chains.

We want to
be as transparent as possible about our supply chain and aim to have long-term
partnerships with our manufacturers. We have also published a list of our
significant contract manufacturers. The list is updated on an annual basis.

We value
long-term partnerships and some of our partnerships have lasted already for
decades.

Our
sourcing is guided by quality and competence. Our buyers have guidelines for
assessing sustainability aspects, which they follow when selecting new
suppliers. Also, the purchase agreements signed with the suppliers bind them to
comply with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions and BSCI
Code of Conduct.

Our suppliers'
adherence to the ILO conventions and the BSCI Code of Conduct is monitored
during our own factory visits and, outside Europe, also by independent auditors
specialised in factory audits. External specialists also carry out factory monitoring
before or between the actual audits.

We think
that open communication between us and our manufacturing partners is very important
in order to ensure sustainable operations. Our buyers are in contact with the manufacturers
on a daily basis, so any problems can be dealt with as quickly as possible.

We are
committed to respecting human rights in all our operations. Our approach to
human rights is based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights (UNGPs). According to these principles, governments have the
obligation to protect human rights and companies have a responsibility to
respect human rights and to avoid the violation of human rights in all their
operations.

Respect for
human rights is also included in Code of Conduct to our suppliers which
includes principles concerning, for example, the prohibition of child labour
and forced labour, the right for workers to organise and the right to equal
treatment. We monitor the realisation of human rights in the supply chain both
ourselves and through third-party BSCI audits.

We assess
the risks of human rights violations in our value chain based on, for example, the
product or material to be sourced, the country of origin and the type of
production process. The risks related to human rights violations apply
primarily to indirect suppliers and to the highest-risk countries.